http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/water-footprint-calculator/

http://www.electrolux.se/Innovation/Campaigns/Vac-from-the-sea/

A menace to the fragile marshlands, the drilling disaster is also threatening a whole way of life for fishing communities in Louisiana – still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina five years ago.

But this is not all new: Big Oil has a long history in this part of the world.

Fault Lines’ Avi Lewis travels to the drill zone, and learns about the erosion in the wetlands from industry canals and pipelines, the health problems blamed on contaminated air and water from petrochemical refineries.

On the Gulf Coast, it has long been widely accepted that the fishing and oil industries can co-exist. In the wake of the Deepwater disaster, the more destructive (and more lucrative) industry may be the last one standing.

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/faultlines/2010/06/201061682426990347.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/jun/19/naomi-klein-gulf-oil-spill
http://www.restorethegulf.gov

via AB on FB

“Au siège de la compagnie de forage pétrolier Transocean, dans le canton de Zoug (Suisse), l’explosion de Deepwater Horizon fut célébrée dans un hôtel de luxe. Le 14 mai 2010, trois semaines après l’explosion, le propriétaire de la plate-forme, évaluée à 650 millions de dollars avant l’accident, attendait de son assurance le versement d’un premier acompte de 401 millions pour la perte occasionnée. Dans la foulée, le patron de la firme, M. Steven Newman, décidait, lors d’une réunion à huis clos, d’accorder à ses actionnaires 1 milliard de dollars de dividendes. Bel optimisme… très raisonné.” (…)

http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2010/07/SHARIFE/19355
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com

“To reduce load, tires have to be inflated to the maximum to reduce rolling resistance, and turns have to be taken wide to avoid scrubbing. To avoid throttle movement, the driver has to lock his foot in position and avoid stopping or slowing as much as possible.”

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/performance-at-the-pump-goes-extreme/

http://tremendousnews.com/2010/06/05/the-oil-spill-re-enacted-by-cats-in-1-minute
http://twitter.com/tremendousnews